Kinesias and Myrrhine with a Child (Couple etenfant)

1934

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso
Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973
The image depicts three figures in a line drawing style showing their upper and lower bodies. In the center, a child is seated on the lap of an adult to the left, reaching up with one arm. The adult has curly hair and distinct facial features, with pronounced eyes and a soft expression. The adult on the left is turned inwards towards the child, wearing draped clothing with a leaf-like headdress. The third figure on the right appears to be embracing the others, with defined curly hair, a beard, wearing a simple garment. This figure extends one arm towards the child, creating an interconnected group pose. The background is plain with no additional objects, focusing on the contour lines of the figures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6742

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 388, State B (Bc)

  • Series Title

    Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" [Bloch 267-272; 1943.3.6737-42]

  • Copyright

    © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1968

  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 388. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Wikidata ID

Q65024221

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